Microneedles for intradermal and transdermal drug delivery

TM Tuan-Mahmood, MTC McCrudden… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The formidable barrier properties of the uppermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum,
impose significant limitations for successful systemic delivery of broad range of therapeutic …

Polymer microneedles for transdermal drug delivery

JW Lee, MR Han, JH Park - Journal of drug targeting, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A microneedle system has been developed to deliver chemical and biological agents
through the stratum corneum, which is the main barrier to drug delivery. Recently …

[HTML][HTML] Development and clinical study of a self-dissolving microneedle patch for transcutaneous immunization device

S Hirobe, H Azukizawa, K Matsuo, Y Zhai… - Pharmaceutical …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose We previously reported the safety and efficacy in animal experiments of
transcutaneous immunization (TCI) using a self-dissolving microneedle patch (MicroHyala; …

Performance and characteristics evaluation of a sodium hyaluronate-based microneedle patch for a transcutaneous drug delivery system

Y Hiraishi, T Nakagawa, YS Quan, F Kamiyama… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The MicroHyala® microneedle (MN) patch was developed to provide a simple, safe, and
effective drug delivery system. In this study, we examined the performance and …

Frontiers of transcutaneous vaccination systems: novel technologies and devices for vaccine delivery

K Matsuo, S Hirobe, N Okada, S Nakagawa - Vaccine, 2013 - Elsevier
Transcutaneous immunization (TCI) systems that use the skin's immune function are
promising needle-free, easy-to-use, and low-invasive vaccination alternative to …

Development of a novel therapeutic approach using a retinoic acid-loaded microneedle patch for seborrheic keratosis treatment and safety study in humans

Y Hiraishi, S Hirobe, H Iioka, YS Quan… - Journal of controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
Seborrheic keratosis is one of the most common skin benign tumors in humans with a high
occurrence rate of 80%–100% in people> 50 years of age; however, its pathogenesis is still …

Transcutaneous vaccines–current and emerging strategies

S Hirobe, N Okada, S Nakagawa - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Vaccination, which is the major fundamental prophylaxis against illness and
death from infectious disease, has greatly contributed to the global improvement of human …

Review of recent literature on microneedle vaccine delivery technologies

A Vrdoljak - Vaccine: Development and Therapy, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Microneedles (MNs) have been developed as medical devices for enhanced and painless
transdermal drug and vaccine delivery. MN-based vaccine application, unlike conventional …

[PDF][PDF] Characteristics and hair growth efficacy of water dissolving micro-needles containing minoxidil regarding length of micro-needles

MR Han, EY Kim, YH Jung, MS Kim, JH Park - Polymer (Korea), 2013 - koreascience.kr
Two types of polymeric micro-needles with 250 and $750 {\mu} m $ lengths were prepared
by a micromolding process. The geometry of dissolving micro-needles with minoxidil was …

微针经皮给药应用的新进展

张娟娟, 朱全刚, 张立超 - 药学服务与研究, 2013 - cqvip.com
微针有助于改善患者的用药依从性, 提高药物的生物利用度. 近年来, 微针在疫苗接种,
蛋白质和多肽给药, DNA 给药, 皮肤美容, 眼科用药, 局部麻醉, 微量取样等领域均有应用 …